Fusion Optix, Inc. announced closure on a $3.5 Million Series D funding round. The round was over-subscribed and limited only to existing investors in the company. The proceeds from the funding round will be used to ramp-up in-house production capacity and expand the company’s research and development and patent activities. The investment also ...
On June 7, 2012, DOE announced the competitive selection of three SSL R&D projects, in response to the SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000561. Due to funding limitations in FY12, DOE will not select or fund any projects in response to SSL Core Technology FOA DE-FOA-0000564 or SSL Product Development ...
Imagine an LED light with 20 times the efficiency of an incandescent lamp. Or a computer that can generate, transmit, and store data 100 times faster than those we use today. How much healthier would our planet be if we could turn waste heat into electricity, or improve the performance of low-cost solar cells, making them more efficient, and more ...
SunSun Lighting, a provider of high-performance, energy efficient, and low-cost LED lighting solutions, has received $30 million in Series B financing from GSR Ventures and Oak Investment Partners, plus additional commitments from its original angel investors. Oak, a multi-stage venture capital firm, is leading the round. Allan Kwan, a China-based ...
Holst Centre, an independent open-innovation R&D center that develops generic technologies for wireless sensor technologies and flexible electronics, has been extremely successful in the 2011 rounds of funding applications under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Five collaborative projects won funding, four of which ...
The US Department of Energy has published the April 2012 edition of the Solid-State Lighting R&D Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP). The report provides a description of the activities the department plans to undertake over the next several years to implement its SSL mission, and informs the development of annual SSL R&D funding ...
Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, announced that Kaistar Lighting (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. has agreed to invest $25 million in the company. Bridgelux will use the equity investment to further accelerate research, development, and production of LED chip and packaging technology for general ...